We know kids do better when their families get involved in helping them learn. And we know they do better when they enjoy reading more. But how to make it happen?

The Harvard Out-of-School Project has a new feature on their website to help caregivers of 4 to 8 year-olds with good ideas for storybooks and resources that encourage family involvement

The death of 82-year-old Stan Berenstain, who with his wife Jan created an industrial-sized publishing franchise around a family of bears by the same name, has gotten me thinking about the hours I spent with those Berenstain bears.